Gunmen kidnap Iranian diplomat in Baghdad

Baghdad, Feb 6: Gunmen in Iraqi army uniforms kidnapped a senior Iranian diplomat in Baghdad on Sunday, an Iraqi government official today said.

''We are dealing with this as a kidnapping,'' the official told Reuters. The official said the diplomat, the second secretary at the Iranian embassy in Baghdad, was snatched in the central Karrada district by 30 gunmen in Iraqi army uniforms.

Reuters